Hollywood be thy name : African American religion in American film, 1929-1949 / / Judith Weisenfeld

• Autore: Weisenfeld Judith
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/652996073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans in motion pictures; Religion in motion pictures; Motion pictures - United States
• Soggetto non controllato: african american films; african american religion; african american religious practices; american citizenship; american film culture; american film history; american identity; censorship records; cinema; cultural studies; film history; film studies; film; history; hollywood studios; hollywood; independent filmmakers; moral landscape; movie history; movie studies; movies; race films; race in america; racial authenticity; religion and film; religious; sound film; studio production films; wartime
• Classificazione: AP 59783
• Note generali: "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.; Includes filmography: p. 239-240.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "'Taint What You Was, It's What You Is Today": Hallelujah and the Politics of Racial Authenticity -- 2. "'De Lawd' a Natchel Man": The Green Pastures in the American Cultural Imagination -- 3. "A Mighty Epic of Modern Morals": Black-Audience Religious Films -- 4. "Saturday Sinners and Sunday Saints": Urban Commercial Culture and the Reconstruction of Black Religious Leadership -- 5. "A Long, Long Way": Religion and African American Wartime Morale -- 6. "Why Didn't They Tell Me I'm a Negro?": Lost Boundaries and the Moral Landscape of Race -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From the earliest years of sound film in America, Hollywood studios and independent producers of "race films" for black audiences created stories featuring African American religious practices. In the first book to examine how the movies constructed images of African American religion, Judith Weisenfeld explores these cinematic representations and how they reflected and contributed to complicated discourses about race, the social and moral requirements of American citizenship, and the very nature of American identity. Drawing on such textual sources as studio production files, censorship records, and discussions and debates about religion and film in the black press, as well as providing close readings of films, this richly illustrated and meticulously researched book brings religious studies and film history together in innovative ways.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hollywood be thy name
• ISBN: 1-282-36023-X; 9786612360237; 0-520-94066-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819661203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.